Thursday, May 23, 2013

Fruit Tree and Orchard Care Design Workshop Saturday OR Sunday

Having a fruit tree on
your property, whether you rent or own, doesn’t automatically mean you will
have fruit! I’ve seen entire yards
planted with lemon and lime trees that became stunted, gangly and bore very
poor fruit. I myself have some avocado trees that sometimes produce fruit and
sometimes don’t. Or you may have trees that are producing tasteless fruit but you may not want to dig them all out. If you are serious about growing and harvesting your own
fruit, you may want to check out this fruit tree workshop which is now being offered
either Saturday, May 25th, or Saturday, June 1st. (The flyer below says May 26th, but that date has been changed now to June 1st.) It is a
one day workshop, so sign up for either day. Cost is $75.

Moreover, growing fruit on
the mainland is very different from growing fruit in Hawaii, with different bugs, wind conditions
and weather.

I know both presenters and
have heard them talk at the Maui Farmers Union meetings, which are held monthly
and free to the public. (Next meeting is this Tuesday at the Haiku Community Center at 6 pm.) For more information on the workshop, visit the Facebook Fruit Tree event page.

Jayanti Nand is very
skilled at grafting, nursery care, propagating trees, and air layering. He
makes thin, surgical grafting cuts look as easy as slicing pie. Here's a link to Jayanti's talk on grafting.

Even experienced gardeners
will probably learn something useful from this class. FYI, I would love to take
this class myself but time-wise, this isn’t the best time to focus on fruit
trees! I have to focus on chickens right now. I am also not getting paid to
advertise, but think this is well-worth your time.

2 comments:

Love fruit trees, though I don't have them on my property. My neighbor always invites us to share his lemons and oranges. Very nice of him. Now that's interesting -- a workshop on planting. Great post.

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